Greetings fellow explorers!
I’m Lorel Morrison, also known as Shippy the Explorer. I am a lifelong family historian, storyteller, and heritage traveler devoted to uncovering the powerful history of the Giscombe family and the Caribbean.
For more than 50 years, I have dedicated myself to researching family roots, preserving oral histories, and tracing the journeys that connect our people across oceans and generations. What began as a personal mission to document the legacy of the Giscombe family has grown into a wider calling: helping others reconnect with their own stories, ancestors, and cultural identity.
My path has taken me across continents, from the sunlit mountains of Jamaica to the misty highlands of Scotland, the historic streets of England, and the vast landscapes of Australia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Along the way, I’ve had the privilege of meeting relatives near and far, recording their memories, and gathering the living stories that history books often leave behind.
Too many families in the Caribbean diaspora carry histories that were scattered by migration, colonialism, slavery, and time. Names were changed. Records disappeared. Important stories were never written down.
I believe every family deserves to know where they come from. When we rediscover our roots, we reclaim identity, pride, resilience, and belonging. Each conversation with an elder, each recovered document, each ancestral village found on a map becomes part of restoring what was nearly lost.
This mission is about more than genealogy—it is about honoring those who came before us and empowering those who come next.
My work is built on decades of hands-on historical research, family interviews, travel-based investigation, and storytelling.
I am the author of several historical books and reports documenting Giscombe family history and lineage:
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The Prism
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Three Fathers in the Life of a Child
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Going Down Under
Each book is a labor of love and a tribute to the generations whose courage and sacrifices shaped the present.
In addition to publishing, I share discoveries through video storytelling, interviews, and heritage journeys on my YouTube channel, Shippy the Explorer.
Through books, online media, interviews, and speaking engagements, I bring Caribbean family history to life in a way that is engaging, human, and deeply personal.
My journey began with a simple desire: to understand my family, where we came from, and how we became who we are.
That search became a lifelong adventure.
